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' 'J. D. GREENE 8: J. O. TREMAN.

- FUEL MAGAZINE.

No. 400,909. Patented Apr. 9, 1889.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. D. GREENE& J. O. TREMAN.

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FUEL MAGAZINE.

No. 400,909. Patented Apr. 9, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH D. GREENE AND JAMES C. TREMAN, OF TROY, NEW YORK, AS-

SIGNORS TO JAMES LUOEY, OF SAME PLACE.

FU EL-MAGAZIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,909, dated April 9,1889.

Application filed August 15, 1887. Serial No. 246,936. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JEREMIAH D. GREENE andJAMES C. TREMAN, citizens of the United States, each residing at thecity of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, havejointly invented a new and useful Improvement in Magazines or Shells forHolding and Burning Hydrocarbons as Fuel, which we call aFuel-Economizer, of which the following is a specification.

Our improvement consists in the construction of an open-work magazine orshell which will sustain therein some non-combustible and absorbentmaterial-such as mineral wool, asbestus, or other suitable materialthatwill, after being packed in such magazine, absorb hydrocarbon oils,which will, when ignited, burn freely through the apertures in suchmagazine or shell. The ends of said magazine being circular and elastic,the packing therein maybe tightened or loosened at pleasure by means ofthe central rod and screwnuts at the ends of said rod. There is alsoprovided a trough or shell into which said magazine may rest on itscentral journals, so that when the oil is ignited the flame will be onlyat or above the edges of said trough or shield. Said trough will preventthe waste of oil by catching and holding any oil that may drip from suchmagazine. We attain these objects by the .mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and which forms a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of our improved magazine formed ofcoiled wire. Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1, showing the large Iopening 0, through which the packing is to elliptical in form; also, inFig. 5, at O, is a cross-section of the collar 0; also, at C is a planof the inside of the collar 0. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section of thetrough or shield; also, a vertical cross-section of the magazine A or B,supported in the trough D. Fig. '7 is a longitudinal cross-sectionalview of a portion of the shell at the joining of the parts, showing amode of lapping over the edges of the net-work, as at f, and uniting theedges together by the clamps h. D is a side view of the clamp h. A showsa mode of joining the edges of the parts of the shell by putting theparts together edge to edge and fastening them together by the clamps h.Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of a casing or furnace, S, in which themagazine A or B and the trough or shield D may be put and used forcooking or heating purposes.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

To enable others skilled in the art to which this invention belongs tomake and use the same we will here describe it in detail.

To make a magazine or shell as represented in Fig. 1, have a suitableapparatus for coiling or spinning up the wire P into a suitable form, asshown in Fig. l, and about five or six inches long and about four inchesin diameter, the ends being circular, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, butpreferably elliptical in form, as shown by the dotted lines at K, Fig.5. The wires P should be about No. 11 English gage iron wire. Thereshould be a space between the wires P of about one-eighth of an. inch.There should be an opening at one 'end of the coil of about one-fourthof an inch. At the other end the opening should be about one andone-half inch, as shown at 0, Fig. 2. There should be a three-sixteenths1 or onefourth inch ro d passed through the center of the coil ormagazine, having a screw and nut at each end of said rod and a smallcollar, 17, at one end of said magazine, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3;also, a collar, 0, at the other end of said magazine, as shown in Figs.1, 2, and 5, as at C and G The collar 0 has a flange on the concaveside, as at O, which is to fit into the opening 0 at one end of themagazine. This magazine is to be packed with some non-combustible andabsorbent material, preferably mineral wool orasbestus. This packing isto be driven into said magazine around the rod a. In packing saidmagazine there will be a tendency to elongate it. To prevent saidelongation, it is best to have a form to fit the outside of suchmagazine. Then the collars I) and c and the nuts 6 e are to be put inposition, as shown in Figs. 1 and Should it be desired at any time toloosen or compress the packing, it is readily accomplished by means ofthe nuts 6 e on the rod a. By loosening or tightening such nuts the endsof the magazine, being circular and elastic, will yield to compression.

To make a magazine as shown in Fig. 3, the central part, B, is ofiron-wire fabric of about No. 16 wire, and having about one-eighth of aninch mesh, the ends 0 to be of the same fabric, struck up in dies theform desired. The parts are joined together, as shown in Fig. 7, theedges being turned over, as at f. Then put the two edges f together, andput the clamps h through the two parts f and f and clinch the clampsdown, as shown in Fig. 7; or the two out edges may be put together andfastened by the clamps 71, as shown in Fig. 7 at A, the apertures in theends of the magazine, the central rod, the screws and nuts 6 e, thecollars c and Z), and the packing to be each the same as described andshown for the magazine A in Fig. 1; also, the shape and size of magazinethe sameviz.,about four inches in diameter and about five or six incheslong, the ends preferably formed as shown by the dotted lines at K, Fig.5.

These magazines may be of any desired size, in accordance with the userequired.

A furtherimprovement is the construction and arrangement of ashield ortrough of iron, D, in which to suspend the magazine by the projectingends of the rod a, as shown in Figs. 4- and (5. B and D, the ends ofsuch shield or trough, should be beveled, similar to that shown at K,Fig. l. There are circular bearings in the ends of the trough D for theends of the rod a to rest in, as shown in Fig. 6. The sides of thetrough D may be of any height desired, as indicated at M and dottedlines at z and 0c :1; x in Figs. at and (i. The greater the surface ofthe magazine above the edges of the trough D the more rapid will be thecombustion, as the flame will be at and above the upper edges of saidshield 01 trough D.

There must be two flanges or projecting legs on and below the bottom ofsaid trough D, as shown at it n, Fig. 6, so that said trough D willstand upright on a grate, ashes, or plate. A further object of thistrough D is to prevent the waste of hydrocarbons by dripping from themagazine. Said trough will ,eateh the drippin gs and hold the same incontact with the magazine. Said magazine should not be packed. tootightly, thereby to prevent the absorption of a sufficient quantity ofhydrocarbon.

Then these magazines are required for use for cooking or heatingpurposes, they should be put in a a suitable receptacle and covered withhydrocarbons-preferably coal-oil-and there remain until thoroughlysaturated through. Then one should be put into a shield or trough, l),and both placed together, as in Fig. 4, in a stove, furnace, or casing,as desired. The fire should then be kindled, the covers put on, and thedraft regulated as desired.

These magazines may be used without the shield or trough D, if desired.There maybe used one or more magazines in a stove, furnaee, &e., at onetime, if desired.

In Fig. 8 is represented a case, S, made of cast-iron, sheet iron, ortin. Said case S is designed exclusively for using therein our improvedmagazines and trough D, and is constructed as follows: H is the bottom;L, the ends; E, the front, the back being similar to the front; F, thetop, having therein one or more boiler-seats. G is a pipe-collar. V is aslide-damper in the front part. The dotted lines at D show the shield.or trough and the magazine within said case S; and I are projectingelongated ribs on the front and back plates, which are to keep theshield or trough D central in the case and to prevent the said troughfrom shutting oil the draft on either side.

lVe are aware that fire-kindlers of various constructions haveheretofore been made. Some have had open-work filled or packed withasbestus to be saturated with oil, having handles or rods to handle themby, and various other contrivanees; but all the contrivances heretoforemade for burning hydrocarbons did not contain the improvements describedand shown in this our application. Therefore,

lV hat we claim, and d esire to have secured to us by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hydrocarbon-burner, a magazine having oval ends, and a centralbolt having its ends screwthreaded, concave caps provided with flangesand fitting said oval ends, and nuts fitting the ends of said centralbolt, whereby the magazine may be compressed or elongated, as and forthe purposes set forth.

2. In a hydrocarbon-bnrner, a magazine formed of coiled wire and havingoval ends, a central bolt having screw-threaded ends passing throughsaid magazine, concave caps provided with flanges and fitting said ovalends, and nuts fitting the ends of said screwthreaded bolt,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a hydrocarbon-burner, the combination of a magazine having acentral bolt with projecting ends, with a trough adapted to receive andhold centrally said. magazine, said trough provided with longitudinalsupporting-ribs, whereby such trough and magazine said ease, whereby thesaid trough is kept in may be placed on a grate or plate and remain acentral and horizontal position, substan- IO upright, substantially asand for the purposes tially as set forth.

set forth. I JEREMIAH D. GREENE. 5 4. In a hydrocarbon-burner, thecombina- JAMES (J. TREMAN.

tion of the magazine, the containing-trough, Witnesses:

and the case having ribs at intervals on front JOHN J. KENNEDY,

I and back longitudinally arranged inside of JAMES G. PATTON.

